"How to Make Soap."
"What is Brother Soap?" Lu Yuan raised his head curiously and asked after writing a few words that his brother said.
Lu Qing glared at him, "Don't interrupt me. You'll know later. Remember it first."
Lu Yuan: "Okay, then, brother Huang, just read it."
Lu Qing sat down cross-legged in an imageless manner, with one hand on his chin, and the other hand gently tapping on the table, and slowly said, "Ingredients: shells, plant ash, pork suet, coarse salt; specific steps...what are you looking at? Continue writing." .”
Lu Yuan shrank his head and fell into silence looking at the materials on the paper. What did the emperor do with these things? Aren’t these things that can be seen everywhere? Why are they so grand?
He couldn't figure out what these things could do, but he didn't dare to ask. He would always know anyway, so he wasn't in a hurry.
"First put the shells in a charcoal furnace for firing, and pound the burned shells into powder." In fact, this is commonly known as quicklime.
"Then the straw is burned into ashes." This is to boil the lye and provide alkaline substances for making soap to promote the saponification reaction.
"Pour the prepared alkali solution into a container covered with gauze, filter out the alkali water, then add the pounded shell powder, stir evenly, filter it again with gauze, then set it aside and let it settle overnight. "
"Next, cut the prepared lard into small pieces, put it into a pot and simmer it slowly over low heat to boil out the lard, then pour the lard into a basin and wait until it cools down."
"Pound a small amount of coarse salt into fine powder and set aside. After the lard is cool, pour the upper alkaline water that has been left overnight into the lard at room temperature, then add the pounded fine salt, and then stir continuously in one direction. The salt water and lard are fully mixed to produce a saponification reaction. When the fat gradually turns into a sticky paste, it can be put into a container to set and left for about three days."
"After three days, when the soap has fully solidified, you can demould it from the container, cut it into pieces, and place it in a ventilated and cool place to slowly saponify for a month. After a month, you can use it to wash clothes. Okay, it’s over.”
"Tsk, there's no need to write the last four characters." Lu Qing gently tapped Lu Yuan's head. This kid was addicted to writing!
Lu Yuan was embarrassed and felt that he was a little stupid just now.
But after what he just wrote, he also understood that the emperor made this thing to wash clothes.
"Brother Emperor, is this thing called soap good to use?"
"It's easy to use. It's cleaner than just using plant ash and soap locust balls. You'll know after making it and washing it. When this simple version of soap is made, I will make a soap with various floral scents. By the way, there are also You have to carve some nice-looking molds, yes, and you have to find a few people to do the work."
The more Lu Qing continued talking, the more work he felt he needed to do later.
Lu Yuan was looking at his imperial brother with starry eyes at this moment, with admiration in his eyes: "Brother, you know a lot, where did you know it? Why haven't I seen you do it before?"
Hearing this, Lu Qing looked at him with a half-smile, "If you didn't skip classes often, you could learn these things from books. What were you doing while I was reading? Playing in the mud? You have the nerve to ask? As for why you didn't do it before?" , then I wasn’t short of money before, so since I have money on hand, why would I bother with it?”
After just a few words of questioning, Lu Yuan was so ashamed that he stood awkwardly and looked at his imperial brother with pitiful eyes.
"Then...the old man who went to the study was too cruel. You can't blame me!"
"Look at your little face, okay, okay, don't tell anyone about this, you know? This is a way to make a lot of money. For the sake of your generous giving of money to my brother, if you make money in the future, you can share it with me. You're 20% fucked, just have some fun, you kid!" After that, he took the piece of paper and strode out of the study, with a happy face.
Hearing this, Lu Yuan stood there and laughed.
Although he didn't understand some of the words, he understood it when he heard the words 'I will share the money with him in the future'.
The emperor's brother meant to share the money with him!
"Kowako!"
"The slave is here."
"promise."
Seeing this, Xiaohezi hurriedly took the paper from His Majesty's hand.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
"You can find a few reliable people to make the above things. Well, let's do it here at Longquan Palace. If there are any problems, I can easily find them."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
…
When Zhongyongbo received the news that he would be beheaded in prison, he was not surprised at all.
But what surprised him was that not only did His Majesty not implicate his people for his own sins, but even the children in his family who had not committed any crimes were pardoned from the death penalty and were just exiled?
Uncle Zhongyong suddenly knelt down on the spot in the prison and burst into tears, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
He understood that His Majesty's treatment was extremely merciful. If it weren't for the merits of his ancestors, their whole family would have died. He kept His Majesty's benevolence and righteousness in his heart.
Uncle Zhongyong turned a deaf ear to the treatment of his wife and children.
Although he was heartbroken by the relationship between husband and wife and father and daughter for so many years, he knew very well that they were not innocent, and how many times they had done wrong things that were not discovered until he wiped their butts.
If he was wrong, it was because he had been blinded by his years of wealth, power and popularity, which led to the overthrow of Zhongyongbo Mansion.
Fortunately, he did not implicate other tribesmen. Otherwise, how would he face his ancestors underground after death.
He is a sinner and he has brought shame to his ancestors!
Ignoring Wang Gui's heart-wrenching pleas for mercy and insults, Zhongyong Bo lowered his head and slowly waited for his imminent death.
The news about the disposal of Zhongyongbo's mansion was also announced to the world.
…
Su Xiang has not stopped since he returned to the mansion and has been registering the accounts. Even his eldest son Su Chi and second son Su Nanjue were called to help.
Officials and servants have been coming in and out of the Prime Minister's Palace since the morning court.
Many ministers who were not qualified to go to the morning court heard that His Majesty took the lead in collecting money for relief in the disaster area. Even the ministers who went to the court also raised a lot of money, so they decided to donate some money after discussing with their families.
After all, this not only supports His Majesty, but also gets a good reputation, and it just costs some money.
Therefore, the Prime Minister's Mansion was almost crowded for several days.
The first people to bring the money to the Prime Minister's Mansion were naturally those officials who donated modest amounts. After all, the amount donated by some other ministers was too large, and it would not be possible to raise it all in a short while. It would take time to prepare from various places.
However, what surprised Su Xiang was that on the evening of the fourth day, the eldest princess's palace sent a group of guards from the palace to bring 600,000 taels of silver, saying that all of it was donated to relieve the disaster.
At that time, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion was shocked.
After Lu Qing found out, he was stunned for a second.
